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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

disinflation

· IPA /dˌɪsɪnflˈeɪʃən/
01 n. a reduction in the rate of price increases; a lessening of inflationary pressure.
  1. 1.
    a reduction in the rate of price increases; a lessening of inflationary pressure.
  2. 2.
    a reduction of the value of a currency in international exchange markets caused by a government; -- usually done as a means to improve the country's international balance of payments.